Name: The Whitney Garden Party featuring Voxanna
Start: 2026-07-30T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Whitney Garden Party featuring Voxanna

Jul 30
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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Overview

The Whitney is pleased to announce the return of its popular Garden Parties for the summer season, along with the debut of a new Sunday afternoon event series featuring themed dining experiences and live music.
A long-standing warm-weather tradition in Detroit, the Whitney Garden Parties invite guests to enjoy an evening of live entertainment in a historic outdoor setting. This year’s series promises an expanded lineup and a fresh addition of Sunday programming designed to enhance the summer experience.

When the pandemic first hit, Billy Brandt, Elaine Schoendorf, Kerry Gluckman and Raquel Salaysay unexpectedly found a silver lining during a dark time.
The two couples and musical collaborators experienced a burst of creativity and formed Voxanna, a new acoustic folk-rock band from Metro Detroit.
“It’s something amazingly positive to do,” said Brandt, one of the band’s vocalists and a guitarist, banjoist and auto harpist. “It started with Kerry, Raquel and me - though I had met Elaine right before the pandemic. We trusted each other, and for some reason, we had an instinctual feeling that we’d be OK if we gathered to play music, so we did.”
“We had been working our thing concurrently with Kerry, Raquel and I working out this trio—this rhythm section thing,” Brandt said. “But we were missing one thing and that was three-part harmonies, so we eventually put it all Those lush harmonies ultimately inspired the band’s moniker and now serve as the cornerstone of Voxanna’s acoustic folk-rock sound. What resulted is a self-titled debut album filled with rich vocals and harmonies, acoustic neo-folk instrumentation flavored with elements of psych rock, jazz and world beats and compelling tales linked to personal and societal challenges.